SECOND-GUESSING Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

second-guessing

verb

present participle of second-guess

as in outguessing

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But the Senate is balking at that budget, leaving lawmakers far from agreement on a binding piece of legislation that can get 50 GOP votes.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
Montreal was one of the cities that pulled out of the process after balking at increasing cost estimates.

— Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of balking

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The grand jury subpoena was filed in April and was almost immediately met with resistance from Fulton County officials, who argued the request was overreaching and came from baseless claims of election fraud six years ago.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 8 July 2026
In France, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party has opportunistically seized on air-conditioning, portraying it as an urgent quality-of-life issue that moralizing environmentalists and overreaching technocrats have ignored.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of overreaching

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Also, what would happen to the College Sports Commission, the main NIL enforcement arm that spends the bulk of its time analyzing third-party NIL deals that would be greatly reduced under this arrangement?

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Artificial intelligence is also anticipated to assist pilots by rapidly analyzing battlefield information, prioritizing threats, and coordinating missions with unmanned aircraft.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026

Definition of analyzing

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May built one of the most dominant teams in Big Ten history by outmaneuvering his peers in the transfer portal.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Two generals agreed with Ashley's characterization, stressing the view that on the front lines, Ukraine was outmaneuvering Russia.

— Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 9 June 2026

Definition of outmaneuvering

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Budapest has marvelous music and museums, and plenty to see and do, and this is a splendid—and central—place to stay to start exploring.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
In freshman writing classes, Harvard University is teaching students how large language models work, plus exploring AI topics such as copyright and disinformation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploring

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